diff --git a/examples/classic-slides/index.html b/examples/classic-slides/index.html
index 3de0c92..2534ecf 100644
--- a/examples/classic-slides/index.html
+++ b/examples/classic-slides/index.html
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         powerpoint slide show. The "slide" class is entirely optional and indeed you wouldn't use it for
         your cooler impress.js presentations.
     -->
-    <div class="step slide title" data-x="-1000" data-y="-1500">
+    <div id="title" class="step slide title" data-x="-1000" data-y="-1500">
         <h1>Example Presentation: <br />
             Classic Slides</h1>
         <h2>Henrik Ingo</h2>
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="step slide" data-rel-x="1000" data-rel-y="0">
+    <div id="toc" class="step slide" data-rel-x="1000" data-rel-y="0">
         <h1>Table of Contents</h1>
         <ul>
             <li><a href="#step-1">A title slide</a></li>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="step slide">
+    <div class="step slide" data-rel-to="title" data-y="2000">
         <h1>Bullet points</h1>
         <ul>
             <li>A slide with bullet points. This is the first point.</li>
diff --git a/examples/index.html b/examples/index.html
index 1e5924b..945c7f1 100644
--- a/examples/index.html
+++ b/examples/index.html
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 <ul><br />
   <li><a href="2D-navigation/">2D-navigation</a></li>
   <li><a href="3D-rotations/">3D-rotations</a></li>
+  <li><a href="692/">692</a></li>
   <li><a href="classic-slides/">classic-slides</a></li>
   <li><a href="cube/">cube</a></li>
   <li><a href="markdown/">markdown</a></li>
diff --git a/js/impress.js b/js/impress.js
index b36a750..bb99522 100644
--- a/js/impress.js
+++ b/js/impress.js
@@ -3566,7 +3566,7 @@
         }
     };
 
-    var computeRelativePositions = function( el, prev, root ) {
+    var computeRelativePositions = function( el, prev ) {
         var data = el.dataset;
 
         if ( !prev ) {
@@ -3577,14 +3577,14 @@
 
         if ( data.relTo ) {
 
-            var ref = root.getElementById( data.relTo );
+            var ref = document.getElementById( data.relTo );
             if ( ref ) {
 
                 // Test, if it is a previous step that already has some assigned position data
                 if ( el.compareDocumentPosition( ref ) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING ) {
-                    prev.x = ref.getAttribute( "data-x" );
-                    prev.y = ref.getAttribute( "data-y" );
-                    prev.z = ref.getAttribute( "data-z" );
+                    prev.x = toNumber( ref.getAttribute( "data-x" ) );
+                    prev.y = toNumber( ref.getAttribute( "data-y" ) );
+                    prev.z = toNumber( ref.getAttribute( "data-z" ) );
                     prev.relative = {};
                 } else {
                     window.console.error(
@@ -3650,7 +3650,7 @@
                 y: el.getAttribute( "data-y" ),
                 z: el.getAttribute( "data-z" )
             } );
-            var step = computeRelativePositions( el, prev, root );
+            var step = computeRelativePositions( el, prev );
 
             // Apply relative position (if non-zero)
             el.setAttribute( "data-x", step.x );
diff --git a/src/plugins/rel/rel.js b/src/plugins/rel/rel.js
index cd9b3e8..b3f1b45 100644
--- a/src/plugins/rel/rel.js
+++ b/src/plugins/rel/rel.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         }
     };
 
-    var computeRelativePositions = function( el, prev, root ) {
+    var computeRelativePositions = function( el, prev ) {
         var data = el.dataset;
 
         if ( !prev ) {
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@
 
         if ( data.relTo ) {
 
-            var ref = root.getElementById( data.relTo );
+            var ref = document.getElementById( data.relTo );
             if ( ref ) {
 
                 // Test, if it is a previous step that already has some assigned position data
                 if ( el.compareDocumentPosition( ref ) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING ) {
-                    prev.x = ref.getAttribute( "data-x" );
-                    prev.y = ref.getAttribute( "data-y" );
-                    prev.z = ref.getAttribute( "data-z" );
+                    prev.x = toNumber( ref.getAttribute( "data-x" ) );
+                    prev.y = toNumber( ref.getAttribute( "data-y" ) );
+                    prev.z = toNumber( ref.getAttribute( "data-z" ) );
                     prev.relative = {};
                 } else {
                     window.console.error(
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
                 y: el.getAttribute( "data-y" ),
                 z: el.getAttribute( "data-z" )
             } );
-            var step = computeRelativePositions( el, prev, root );
+            var step = computeRelativePositions( el, prev );
 
             // Apply relative position (if non-zero)
             el.setAttribute( "data-x", step.x );